The Progress of Nations 2000

-I1 ST TS IAL RI LES

Total
population
(millions)
1998

Population
under 18
(millions)
1998

Annual
no. of
births
(thousands)
1998

These statistical
profiles portray,
in sharp detail,
the development
challenges the
world faces at
the start of the
21st century.
Among these
192 countries, per
capita GNP ranges
from $100 to
$45,100 a year.
The under-five
mortality rate
varies from 4 to
316 deaths per
1,000 live births.
The percentage of
underweight children ranges from
1% to 60%.
The primary school
enrolmnent rate
varies from
24% to 100%
of children.
The total fertility
rate ranges from
7.5 children born
per woman to 1.1.
The maternal mortality rate varies
from 1,100 to 0.
The Progress of
Nations seeks
to put an end to
these intolerable
inequalities by
exposing them
to the conscience
of the world

community.

Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Trinidad/Tobago
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela

EUROPE

Albania
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia/ Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova, Rep.
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
TFYR Macedonia
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Yugoslavia

6.1
2.5
95.8
4.8
2.8
5.2
24.8
1.3
274.0
3.3
23.2
3.1
8.1
10.3
10.1
3.7
8.3
4.5
10.3
5.3
1.4
5.2
58.7
82.1
10.6
10.1
3.7
57.4
2.4
3.7
4.4
15.7
4.4
38.7
9.9
22.5
147.4
5.4
2.0
39.6
8.9
7.3
2.0
50.9
58.6
10.6

3.0 203
1.0 54
38.8 2335
2.4 172
1.1 61
2.5 162
10.1 611
0.4 17
71.2 3788
1.0 57
9.6 572

Annual
no. of
under-5
deaths
(thousands)
1998
9
1
79
8
1
5
33
0
30
14
14

Under-5
mortality
rate
1998
44
1 1
34
48
20
33
54
18
8
19
25

GNP
per capita
($)
1998
740
1740
3840
370
2990
1760
2440
4520
29240
6070
3530

% of
under-5
children
underweight
1990-99
18
10
8
12
7
4
8
1
5
5

Net primary
school
enrolment/
attendance ~/
(%)
1990-99
86
88
97
73
94
91
100
88
95
93
84

1.1
1.7
2.5
2.1
0.9
1.8
1.0
2.2
1.1
0.3
1.2
1 3.5
15.8
2.1
2.2
1.0
10.1
0.6
0.9
1.3
3.4
1.0
10.1
2.1
5.3
35.6
1.4
0.4
7.5
1.9
1.5
0.6
11.8
13.4
2.7

Maternal
Total mortality
fertility ratio b/
rate reported
1998 1980-98

63
82
98
106
37
71
47
88
63

57
713
749
97
97
52
512
20
36
56
179
57
418
103
202
1420
56
18
360
86
80
31
486
689
136

0
4
4
1
1
0
3
0
1
2
1
0
5
1
5
36
1

37 810
5 26830
27 2180
6 25380
19 **
17 1220
9 4620
6 5150
5 33040
22 3360
5 24280
5 24210
5 26570
7 11740
11 4510
7 18710
6 20090
22 2420
23 2540
35 380
5 24780
4 34310
11 3910
9 10670
24 1360
25 2260
10 3700
5 9780
6 14100
4 25580
5 39980
27 1290
22 980
6 21410
21 **

- 100
- 91
- 85
- 98
- 100
- 98
1 95
1 87
- 99
- 87
- 98
- 100
- 86
90
- 97
100
- 100

4.2
2.5
2.7
4.4
2.6
4.1
2.9
1.6
2.0
2.4
3.0
2.5
1.4
1.4
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.6
1.2
1.7
1.3
1.7
1.7
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.9
1.2

220
120
47
150
85
190
270
8
21
65

93 1.3
- - 1.4
- - 1.7
- 99 1.5
- 100 1.9
- 97 1.5
100 1.4
6 92 1.2
3 93 1.3
- 1.4
95 1.3
- 100 1 1
100 1.6
- 96 1 5
- 96 2 1
- 1.4
98 17
2 69 1.8

22
10
15
12
9
10
50
6
10
8
1
15
6
7
45
18
42
7
6
8
8
41
50
9
11
6
5
5
11
25
7
10

2
0
0
11
1 1
4
3

a/ Enrohlnt/attendance is derived from nt primary schc
of attrdance at primary school.
b/ HIe maternal mortality daia provided in this table are th
prbIm f Ind c-rpiig acnd1 misc lositreotion.
y shoor att.ndanoe data derived fora household surve
*GNP per capita estimated range $760 or less.
**GNP per capita estimated range $761 to $3030

ent rates acis reported by JNLSCO and from naiornal h
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